The Problem of authority in America
By: edited by John P. Diggins and Mark E. Kann.
Contributors: Diggins, John P.; Kann, Mark E.
Publisher: Temple University Press; Temple Univ Pr
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Authority; Authority -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Authority in America; title: The three faces of authority / by John P. Diggins; title: The idea of the state in America / by Sheldon Wolin; title: Consent and authority in America / by Mark E. Kann; title: Community or contract: William Faulkner and the dual legacy / by John H. Schaar; title: Language as history: Ezra Pound's search for the authority of history / by Alfred Kazin; title: Poetic tradition and authority / by William Arrowsmith; title: The politics of narcissism / by Russell Jacoby; title: The Oedipal riddle / by Jessica Benjamin; title: By what-authority? / by Philip Rieff.